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2 stories · First covered Mar 8, 2026 · Latest May 5
Related: Revenue Management 2 Drive-to leisure properties 2 front desk operations 1 Occupancy Rates 1 Resort properties 1 Urban hotels 1 Mountain resorts 1 Orlando market 1 Spirit Airlines 1 Frontier Airlines 1 JetBlue Airways 1 Waterpark hotels 1
Beach properties Coverage
Spirit Airlines Is Dead. Your Drive-To Market Just Became the Most Valuable Asset You Own.
Operations
May 5

Spirit Airlines Is Dead. Your Drive-To Market Just Became the Most Valuable Asset You Own.

Eight hundred thousand airline seats vanished overnight and surviving carriers are jacking fares 5-15% for summer. If you're a drive-to leisure property still running last month's rate strategy, you're leaving money on a table that's about to get very crowded.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · May 5
Gas Just Hit $3.32. Your Weekend Leisure Book Is About to Get Ugly.
Operations
Mar 8

Gas Just Hit $3.32. Your Weekend Leisure Book Is About to Get Ugly.

A 25-cent gas price spike sounds like a macro story until you're the GM watching your weekend pickup soften in real time while your own shuttle fuel bill climbs. Here's what 40 years of managing through these cycles tells me about what happens next.

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Mike Storm 2 min read · Mar 8